California Watch; Yahoo! News local partner; distribution from New American Media The Bay Citizen and KALW; Spot.Us; American University J-Lab; The California Endowment; The Harnisch Foundation.

Mappin Location

Oakland - California

Principal Staff

Susan Mernit

Principal Staff

Kwan Booth

Principal Staff

Amy Gahran

Principal Staff

Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig

Description

Born from the community outrage that followed a local police-on-civilian killing caught on cell phone and spread across the Internet one-year-old Oakland Local hopes to grow its professional reporting in 2011 while keeping its street-level perspective on the sometimes dangerous California port city it covers. Founder Susan Mernit edits and publishes the Local with an editorial staff of eight—none of whom are paid as full-time employees—serving the gritty city of 447000.